Thank you...always appreciate articles on the Doolittle Raiders. Had a chance to
speak with Lt. Kappeler and SSgt BIrch a few years ago. My mother's older
brother, Sergeant Melvin Gardner, was the tail-gunner in plane number 11, the
"Hari Carrier". He survived the Tokyo raid but died in a subsequent
mission.

We should also mention the sacrifice made by the Chinese, who paid a terrible
price for helping the Doolittle Raiders escape. It is estimated that the
Japanese killed 250,000 Chinese civilians while searching for the escaping
airmen.